Water eliminator

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR CAPTURING CONDENSATE DROPLETS BLOWN OFF THE DOWNSTREAM FACE OF A COOLING COIL THROUGH WHICH HIGH VELOCITY AIR MOVES GENERALLY HORIZONTALLY, COMPRISING: A TIER OF VERTICALLY-SPACED, RELATIVELY SHALLOW HORIZONTAL TRAYS EXTENDING FOR SUBSTANTIALLY THE HEIGHT OF THE DOWNSTREAM FACE OF SAIL COIL, SAID TRAYS BEING SPACED APART A SELECTED DISTANCE TO PROVIDE SUBSTANTIALLY OPEN SPACES THEREBETWEEN TO FORM UNOBSTRUCTED GENERALLY HORIZONTALLY DIRECTED LINEAR AIR FLOW PATHS BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE TRAYS, EACH OF SAID TRAYS EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY TO PRESENT AN UPPER FACE ENCOMPASSING AN AREA THROUGH WHICH SAID DROPLETS BLOWN OFF A GIVEN HEIGHT OF THE DOWNSTREAM FACE WOULD BE CARRIED AT THE SELECTED VELOCITY OF AIR PASSING THROUGH SAID COIL, WITH SUCCESSIVELY HIGHER AND SUCCESSIVELY LOWER TRAYS BEING SPACED ACCORDINGLY SO AS TO ENCOMPASS THE AREAS THROUGH WHICH DROPLETS BLOWN FROM SUCCESSIVELY HIGHER PORTIONS AND SUCCESSIVELY LOWER PORTIONS OF THE DOWNSTREAM FACE OF SAID COIL WOULD BE CARRIED WHEN FOLLOWING A NORMAL GRAVITY INDUCED TRAJECTORY; TROUGH MEANS COOPERATIVELY DISPOSED IN THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID SHALLOW HORIZONTAL TRAYS TO RECEIVE CONDENSATE FROM SAID SHALLOW TRAYS AND TO CONDUCT SUCH CONDENSATE FROM SAID SHALLOW TRAYS; AND, MOISTURE PERMEABLE MATERIALS COVERING THE UPPER SURFACES OF SAID SHALLOW TRAYS TO RECEIVE CONDENSATE DROPLETS CARRIED INTO CONTACT WITH SAID UPPER SURFACES AND TO CONDUCT SUCH CONDENSATE TO SAID TROUGH MEANS FOR REMOVAL FROM SAID TRAYS.